File pitches Timber Rattlers to win over Great Lakes

GRAND CHUTE - Dylan File struck out 10 Great Lakes Loons batters over eight scoreless innings Friday at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to earn his fifth win of the season in the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers’ 6-0 victory over Great Lakes.

Wisconsin (15-19) went up early with a four-run second inning. Gilbert Lara started the inning with a single that extended his hitting streak to 13 games. Zach Clark followed with a single, then Payton Henry moved his hitting streak to 10 games with an infield single up the third base line. The throw to first was wild and Lara scored as Clark and Henry each moved up a base. Gabriel García was next and cracked a double to score both runners. Later in the inning, García scored on a wild pitch for a 4-0 lead.

García added to the lead in the fourth inning. He tripled with two outs and scored on a balk by Great Lakes starting pitcher Max Gamboa.

Tristen Lutz made it 6-0 in the sixth inning on a two-out RBI single to score Devin Hairston with the final run of the game.

The Loons (10-22) didn’t have a real threat against File until the eighth inning when the first two batters of the inning reached. File, who has won four straight starts, got the first out of the inning with a flyout to center. He finished his night with back-to-back strikeouts to stop the Great Lakes rally and allow him to reach double digits in strikeouts.

File allowed four hits and walked one while setting a single-game high as a professional for innings pitched (eight) and strikeouts (10).

Gabe Friese took over in the top of the ninth inning and tossed a scoreless frame to close out the game to give the Rattlers their first shutout of the season.

Joantgel Segovia went 3-for-5. He has reached base in 28 of the 29 games he has played this season, moved his on-base streak to 25 games, his hitting streak to 14 games and he is batting .409.